I think everyone’s life should be on video tape. You see, when you’re on video tape you either a) act nicer because you know your actions are being recorded, or b) are shown how you truly look and act.
We’ve been watching a lot of home movies lately. Originally, my husband was editing a lot of our home movies and putting them to music on DVD. So he’d only take the best scenes or edit out things. But then life happened and like we all do on projects, he got behind. So he purchased a family gift for us this year where he has been loading all of our old video onto a hardrive which then can be shown with this box converting thing on our TV. (Don’t ask me how it all works – I just know it DOES!)
The things is – all of our home videos are unedited now. Yep. Unedited. Some may get boring in parts but the thing I’ve noticed the most? The way we act and sound. So many times we’d say, “Well, we can edit that part out” thinking that no one would hear it. And sometimes, yes, a bad attitude would get on tape. Even mine.
It can be very humbling to see or hear yourself act or say something that isn’t kind or a little gruff. Of course we never want anyone to see us act that way! But the thing is, we’re the ones who did it. So we should own up to it.
Watching myself is teaching me how I may appear to others. And if I don’t want anyone to see or hear me in a certain manner, then I shouldn’t act or say those things!
Life is life. We’re not going to be perfect all of the time. But the very least we can do is to be decent. At times we may need to be gracious, or forgiving – maybe laugh at something instead of getting angry.
Just because we don’t see every moment of our life rerecorded on tape doesn’t mean God can’t. It’s good to remember that.
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